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Subject: RE: kfree(NULL)
From: Daniel Walker <dwalker@mvista.com>
To: Hua Zhong <hzhong@gmail.com>
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On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 15:53 -0700, Hua Zhong wrote:
> > struct likeliness {
> > 	char *file;
> > 	int line;
> > 	atomic_t true_count;
> > 	atomic_t false_count;
> > 	struct likeliness *next;
> > };
> 
> It seems including atomic.h inside compiler.h is a bit tricky (might have interdependency).
> 
> Can we just live with int instead of atomic_t? We don't really care about losing a count occasionally..

It's nice so you don't have to fool around with locking .. The atomic_t
structure is pretty simple thought . I think it boils down to just an
int anyway .

Daniel